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you'll see not just statements from the people on high but every day people with real names all across america participating and being listened to. this is important to us. we also tried hard to connect and empower and i think this is probably what is seen the most and - but it's none less very important. 35 thousand groups and over 200,000 events. this is not just on-line activities. not 200,000 people chatting in some space. 13 million people going to 200,000 events face-to-face. this was not as even as much as a technological revolution as much as it was revolution in campaigns administered made possible by the technology existing that was available. finally, we made action easy. one example is we got a lot of attention for having raised a lot of money over the course of the campaign and there's several different ways people made money. one example to go back to the slide before, people would set a goal for how much money they wanted to raise on behalf of the campaign. they would have people over to their homes and collect money and thermometer there was inch up and people would accomplish
you'll see not just statements from the people on high but every day people with real names all across america participating and being listened to. this is important to us. we also tried hard to connect and empower and i think this is probably what is seen the most and - but it's none less very important. 35 thousand groups and over 200,000 events. this is not just on-line activities. not 200,000 people chatting in some space. 13 million people going to 200,000 events face-to-face. this was not...
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you may be wondering where america -- whether america is in a long-term decline. this is nothing new. n of america's decline does nothing new. go back to that. when the popular refrain was, " come home america," and isolation was on the rise. many said that our form of government was different than the soviet union, but it was not necessarily better. we had to learn to live without, not to mention the rising price of oil, the emergence of the middle east cartel, the first bout of hyperinflation, high unemployment, and the idea of stagflation was going. then came the 1980's, and almost everything went in precisely the opposite direction, which is why this panel is not called america in decline. i am not suggesting that last time was an anomaly or that this time will necessarily be different. but tonight, the question will be what our esteemed analysts think about the future of the united states as we stand here at the end of 2009. we really have an extraordinary group of panelists. let me just share their introduction so everyone knows who they are. i have learned
you may be wondering where america -- whether america is in a long-term decline. this is nothing new. n of america's decline does nothing new. go back to that. when the popular refrain was, " come home america," and isolation was on the rise. many said that our form of government was different than the soviet union, but it was not necessarily better. we had to learn to live without, not to mention the rising price of oil, the emergence of the middle east cartel, the first bout of...
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this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental engineers. they are great and have solved so many problems for our country. but the truth of the matter is there isn't one among them who can reverse sea level rise once it starts to occur. we have to start to take the steps today so we can give future generations the same kind of opportunities and hope that prior generations have had, and i think we will do it. it will not be easy. it will not happen without all of your help in whatever form that takes. we have a lot of people to educate. we have people to educate not just in congress, but in towns and cities
this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental...
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i don't remember and i don't see many countries not allowing their citizens the right to travel to america because we still have so many violations of human rights here in our own country. [applause] >> i am not part of the first crab. i just want to clarify more accurately what she had said. [speaking spanish] [speaking in spanish] h@ the time of the gentlelady notes dfx of repression that would come about as a consequence of this policy. >> the gentlelady has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. let me just point out, congresswoman lee among others were allowed to meet with the kester brothers and some of for delegation were effusive in their praise for those two individuals. i know that berta antunez tried to give you a better and i'm not sure ms. lee whether not you try to visit him. he was on a hunger strike at the time, a hunger strike on behalf of human rights into the best of my knowledge and did not visit with him when you were there. >> one to yield? >> i will yield at the end. i lung with frank wealth had tried to get to cuba to visit with
i don't remember and i don't see many countries not allowing their citizens the right to travel to america because we still have so many violations of human rights here in our own country. [applause] >> i am not part of the first crab. i just want to clarify more accurately what she had said. [speaking spanish] [speaking in spanish] h@ the time of the gentlelady notes dfx of repression that would come about as a consequence of this policy. >> the gentlelady has expired. the...
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we have had two big parties in america. under bush and others running the party they called it big government republicanism. you had the democrats ever since the new deal and the republicans, but the populist right that ronald reagan represented -- there was nothing there. that is now reasserting itself within the conservative movement and eventually within the republican party. host: what factors do you see within the obama administration that make you think there is opportunity for republicans? guest: i think he missed the opportunity to redefine his party as the majority for a generation. if he has governed as he talked about with tax cuts for 95%, going after deficit spending -- if he went after cultural issues like affirmative action he could have repositioned the democratic party more to the middle. he surprised a lot of people by going so hard to the left. he has not only gone back to the democratic traditions of big government that go back to the new deal and great society, but has also cast its moorings away from t
we have had two big parties in america. under bush and others running the party they called it big government republicanism. you had the democrats ever since the new deal and the republicans, but the populist right that ronald reagan represented -- there was nothing there. that is now reasserting itself within the conservative movement and eventually within the republican party. host: what factors do you see within the obama administration that make you think there is opportunity for...
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my name is [inaudible] from blease of america. i have two questions. recently the military of the niger delta of stated that the region is now stable. would that be an assessment also that from the economic point of view is stable enough to do business with and the oil firms and others are doing business in that part of the world can continue to do so without any seller because similar previous concerns they had? that's one. the second is to do with refineries in nigeria. where are we in terms of facing the refineries in nigeria? thank you. >> well, the niger delta story of course has been a long one and very painful one as a country. and we are very delighted the amnesty that the president has put forth as working, and the major insurgent groups have agreed to lay down arms and the government is in the process of restating the former militants and we integrating them into the society and there is a hope that this arrangement will hold and develop eventually into a more center situation in the niger delta in which case the investments will continue bot
my name is [inaudible] from blease of america. i have two questions. recently the military of the niger delta of stated that the region is now stable. would that be an assessment also that from the economic point of view is stable enough to do business with and the oil firms and others are doing business in that part of the world can continue to do so without any seller because similar previous concerns they had? that's one. the second is to do with refineries in nigeria. where are we in terms...
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it is because america has changed its policies and americans are coming. to bring down the government anyplace -- they can let people know what their experience is. people feel freer. if there is anything going on, life would change for the people in cuba. i think we are talking about, or some people are talking, with all of my respect, about a society that is not the one that we live in. they would like freedom immediately, human rights, and no political prisoners or dissidents. we would govern our country with democracy. >> thank you. thank you so much for your patience. >> miss leiva, unfortunately, the five minutes is over, and we have to go to the gentleman from california for five minutes. >> thank you. i have a question for the ambassador, and it goes to the testimony you gave. you mentioned the training that cuban hotel employees receive. can you expand on that? >> yes, the people who get to work at the hotels are the elite. these jobs are very important jobs in a society where very few people have a chance to have a steady job. the people that are
it is because america has changed its policies and americans are coming. to bring down the government anyplace -- they can let people know what their experience is. people feel freer. if there is anything going on, life would change for the people in cuba. i think we are talking about, or some people are talking, with all of my respect, about a society that is not the one that we live in. they would like freedom immediately, human rights, and no political prisoners or dissidents. we would...
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america's most famous home. and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital, one of america's most symbolic structures. a three-disk to bbb said, $24.95 plus shipping and handling -- three-disc dvd set. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i joined by shane harris, correspondent with the national journal. your november 14, 20009 cover story. what is a cyber war? we can imagine, but what is it really? guest: imagines that of a conventional war that would take place on the battlefield or the air or sea, what you are talking about and the context of cyber war would be two nations, or a group on behalf of nations, battling it out over the network, cyberspace, trying to assert dominance over computer systems were using their computers to attack the network for critical infrastructure like electricity, power plants. duking it out of line to try to have real world consequence. host: talk about how it was used during the iraq war. guest: it started essentially in may of 2007 when the surge was just fig
america's most famous home. and explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital, one of america's most symbolic structures. a three-disk to bbb said, $24.95 plus shipping and handling -- three-disc dvd set. >> "washington journal" continues. host: i joined by shane harris, correspondent with the national journal. your november 14, 20009 cover story. what is a cyber war? we can imagine, but what is it really? guest: imagines that of a conventional war that would take...
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inside america's most famous home. our visit shows degree in public places, as well as those rarely seen spaces. saturday at 8:00 eastern, the capital, at the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icon, three memorable nights starting tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. day your own copy for $25.95. order online at lockheed c- span.org -- order online at c- span.org. > the senate moves the health care bill to the floor starting monday and through december. followed the entire debate and talent will affect access to medical care. last month scholars and former administration officials held a discussion on the threat posed from terrace and nuclear weapons. they spoke at the jfk library for one hour 20 minutes. >> i felt an obligation to end nuclear war. this is a priority of my administration. by 1994, nuclear missiles were no longer targeting each other's countries. we received up an extension. we continue inspections in iraq and had made a deal with north korea. i was the
inside america's most famous home. our visit shows degree in public places, as well as those rarely seen spaces. saturday at 8:00 eastern, the capital, at the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icon, three memorable nights starting tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. day your own copy for $25.95. order online at lockheed c- span.org -- order online at c- span.org. > the senate moves the health care bill to the floor starting monday and...
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and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing this threat right now. last friday i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental protection agency. at that briefing we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health costs of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities to help them respond to climate-related disease to slashing greenhouse gas emissions in our own buildings. this is not an afterthought from my department. this is a key part of our broader public health strategy. more and more we understand that health is not something that happens just in doctors' offices. whether you're healthy or not depends on what you eat and drink, what you breathe, how you get around and where you live. a world that's heating up and powered by coal-fired plants that fill the sky with harmful greenhouse gas is going to have fewer health
and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing this threat right now. last friday i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental protection agency. at that briefing we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health costs of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities to help them respond to climate-related...
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and finally the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icon, three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday on c-span. and get your own copy of american aye icons, a three-disk d.v.d. set. order online at c-span.org/store. >> now a forum on how to reduce political partisan. this team meet for more than an hour. >> good day, everybody. i'm president of the new orleans tulane university. from hughey long to edwin edwards to our current mayor ray nay began. politics is one of our favorite passtimes in this great state. we talk about it continuously and with a fair amount of knowledge and usually partisan viewpoints. another reason why i'm particularly happy that we're having the bipartisan policy center today. in new orleans there are many hot, political topics that sometimes there are so many hot political topics that sometimes it's hard to fit into any one subject. whether it's parrish state, the new orlean or leanian -- the knew or leanian will have time to talk about it. it will have different answers from from the senat
and finally the capitol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icon, three memorable nights, thursday, friday, and saturday on c-span. and get your own copy of american aye icons, a three-disk d.v.d. set. order online at c-span.org/store. >> now a forum on how to reduce political partisan. this team meet for more than an hour. >> good day, everybody. i'm president of the new orleans tulane university. from hughey long to edwin edwards to our current mayor ray nay...
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god bless america. host: about 15 more minutes of your calls on who has the bigger influence in washington? constituents or lobbyists? here this headline, the catholic bishops flex their muscles at the opportunities ahead. emboldened by success and inserting restrictive abortion language and to the house healthcare bill, roman catholic bishops said they have found of the model that could provide the latter voice in future policy debates. inside this story, i will turn the page and go little deeper into this story -- they write, churches strategic decisions are significant because with catholics representing 30%, the largest single religious group among members of congress, it can gain access across party lines. while pressuring democratic leaders to adjust to the abortion coverage language earlier this month and the bishops simultaneously contacted republican members and warned them against using procedural tactics to torpedo an amendment. a related story this morning about patrick kennedy. the bishop i
god bless america. host: about 15 more minutes of your calls on who has the bigger influence in washington? constituents or lobbyists? here this headline, the catholic bishops flex their muscles at the opportunities ahead. emboldened by success and inserting restrictive abortion language and to the house healthcare bill, roman catholic bishops said they have found of the model that could provide the latter voice in future policy debates. inside this story, i will turn the page and go little...
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biggest corporations in america. let's have a debate about that. john kasich. >> i wanted to start today and talk about some of the good things that we have that makes the country special. first of all, it is pretty interesting. we have a dna of entrepreneurship. kids learn from when they are young up that if you have a great idea, you can be something. in fact, not only can you be good, but instead of working for someone else, you can create an idea and have people work for you. that dna has made this country a very productive, very successful and very generous. separately, i think you need to our country is we have the flow of capital, not much flowing today, but that is because of retraction. people doing things that were not responsible in an effort to make a lot of money nevertheless, you can find capital in america if you have a great idea. you can go to your family, and go to a bank, a venture capitalist and you can take an idea from the back of your head, translated onto paper and create something. that is a
biggest corporations in america. let's have a debate about that. john kasich. >> i wanted to start today and talk about some of the good things that we have that makes the country special. first of all, it is pretty interesting. we have a dna of entrepreneurship. kids learn from when they are young up that if you have a great idea, you can be something. in fact, not only can you be good, but instead of working for someone else, you can create an idea and have people work for you. that dna...
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here is what america pause doctors think. 59% of u.s. physicians now support national health insurance, up from 49% in 2002 according to ase studying the annals of internal medicine april 2008. says the lead author and member dr. aaron carol, quote many claim to speak for physicians and reflect their views. bad we ask the doctors directly and found the contrary to conventional wisdom most dr. support the government creating national health insurance. why? according to the co-author, dr. ronald ackerman another member, quote more physicians feel our fragmented and for-profit insurance system is obstructing good patient care. as a practicing physician for 20 years, i see every day of the greed of the for-profit insurance and pharmaceutical industries have added a huge burden of financial anxiety and stress on to patients at exactly the time when they are most vulnerable, when they are ill. just this week a 62-year-old patient of mine told me that she and her husband lost their health insurance when their business of 45 years succumbed to t
here is what america pause doctors think. 59% of u.s. physicians now support national health insurance, up from 49% in 2002 according to ase studying the annals of internal medicine april 2008. says the lead author and member dr. aaron carol, quote many claim to speak for physicians and reflect their views. bad we ask the doctors directly and found the contrary to conventional wisdom most dr. support the government creating national health insurance. why? according to the co-author, dr. ronald...
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on "good morning america." and palin's new book called "going rogue" is now going off on almost everyone that's crossed her lately. >> he doesn't have anything on me. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" can tell you, palin-a-palooza is in full swing. in today's interview with walters, palin takes on two people who have made second careers out of making fun of her, tina fey and david letterman. >> first off i want to say how excited i am to be in front of both the liberal elite media as well as the liberal regular media. >> reporter: tina fey savaged sarah palin last year with a wicked impersonation of her on "saturday night live." in the new interview today, palin told barbara walters, she has a bit of a bone to pick with tina. >> i can see russia from my house. >> of course, i've never said that. and yet the line was blurred and i think people, because it was repeated so often, perhaps, believed that i had said such a thing. >> reporter: but palin did manage to say something nice about tina fey. >> i think she was
on "good morning america." and palin's new book called "going rogue" is now going off on almost everyone that's crossed her lately. >> he doesn't have anything on me. >> reporter: "showbiz tonight" can tell you, palin-a-palooza is in full swing. in today's interview with walters, palin takes on two people who have made second careers out of making fun of her, tina fey and david letterman. >> first off i want to say how excited i am to be in front...
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we're talking about a baby and family and something that america was built on. i think that it's very important that we keep in mind that this is not a situation where she can't be sent and who would like her over there holding a gun possibly, who knows what position she could be in, thinking about and worrying about her family back here. this child is a possible future soldier and is a citizen. the humanity then heres has to be looked at as well talking military and they have also a responsibility if they promise and we're not certain of these facts but if they promised or if others have gotten extensions they should do the same. >> you hope they can work something out. >> caller: yes. i certainly am. >> thank you. i want to get in one more quick e-mail. this is what john says. there are your views. we want to hear your thoughts. should they deploy overseas or did they know what they were signing up for when they became part of the armed services? send us your e-mails at cnn.com/hln. call us at 877-tell-hln or text us at hlntv. >>> police are digging again at t
we're talking about a baby and family and something that america was built on. i think that it's very important that we keep in mind that this is not a situation where she can't be sent and who would like her over there holding a gun possibly, who knows what position she could be in, thinking about and worrying about her family back here. this child is a possible future soldier and is a citizen. the humanity then heres has to be looked at as well talking military and they have also a...
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these young people have so much to give america that we must do that now. mr. chairman, i count myself as part of a friend of this great sport. i am from texas, and boy, are we waited to you but we want our young people to be able to live in a good quality of life, comeback after the nfl and share their stories, fighting against youth violence and unforgiving in touch with both of your offices on this issue. you have been very kind. i yield back. >> thank you. the chair recognizes the distinguished gentleman from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let's not fool ourselves. football is controlled violence. that's the nature of the game. you don't have to play in nfl to get her. i have five knee surgeries and a new hip and everything and i didn't even play varsity at notre dame, for goodness sakes. but the question is is the violence controlled? teddy roosevelt saved the game of football at the beginning of the last century. when things such as the flying wedge were allowed and players died. and to the question was whether they were going to outlaw this game
these young people have so much to give america that we must do that now. mr. chairman, i count myself as part of a friend of this great sport. i am from texas, and boy, are we waited to you but we want our young people to be able to live in a good quality of life, comeback after the nfl and share their stories, fighting against youth violence and unforgiving in touch with both of your offices on this issue. you have been very kind. i yield back. >> thank you. the chair recognizes the...
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the one america has counted on for over 80 years. the kind you can put in any make or model. - get it? - got it. - good. let's go, sparky. - okay. announcer: when it comes to antifreeze... your inner car guy knows only prestone is prestone. - nice. - look here. >>> we've reached the midpoint from the university of the virgil islands. depaul leads st. joseph's by ten. >>> hello there. i'm danyelle sargeant. about 6,000 miles away there is a different version of paradise hosting its own tournament, the maui invitational. the games got under way today. vanderbilt is number 24 in the new ap poll facing cincinnati. early first half, vandy down by two. a.j. ogilvy with the leaner. game tied early on. later in the half, gets it down low. yes. he's going up over everybody. moments later, lance stevenson in transition. cannot connect but yancy gates is there. he has his back. bearcats up by eight. still in the first, vandy utilizing the three off the swing pass. how about john jenkins? buries it. then jenkins again from the wing. the freshman
the one america has counted on for over 80 years. the kind you can put in any make or model. - get it? - got it. - good. let's go, sparky. - okay. announcer: when it comes to antifreeze... your inner car guy knows only prestone is prestone. - nice. - look here. >>> we've reached the midpoint from the university of the virgil islands. depaul leads st. joseph's by ten. >>> hello there. i'm danyelle sargeant. about 6,000 miles away there is a different version of paradise hosting...
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he is having an all-america season. about ten rebounds a game. should be a great matchup between those two teams. >> steve: they got their hands in the face. partial deflection of the shot. >> marques: alex stepheson, blocking, going way up in the cup to get that one. >> steve: good look by marcus johnson scoring. great name. >> marques: there's marcus johnson. a quiet first half. he did play solid defense out on the perimeter, going against brandon richardson, who is a hand full offensively when he gets it going. >> steve: diaz. long. lewis, good rebound. >> marques: good defensive possession. >> steve: really shows me that usc was listening to their coach, kevin o'neill, yesterday. plan your work and work your plan. right now, they are working it well. on the drive, dwight lewis will be at the free-throw line for two shots. >> marques: marcus johnson doing a nice job as the trailer. and secondary break situation. a lot of that is caused by the post-up fence of alex stepheson. you just see a bevy of red jersey kufkers around him. marcus johnson
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now he says he's making a big bet on america's economic future. yesterday he made the biggest deal of his life when his berkshire hathaway bought the burlington northern santa fe railroad. the company is worth -- i think it was about a $40 billion deal and buffett says this is an all-in bet on the economic future of the u.s. basically he's saying i think the economy will do better and that means that the railroad will do better as they ship more stuff. so we shall see. >>> police say they found stacks and stacks of stolen luggage at somebody's house. looks like a huge suitcase scam. how one officer cracked it. >>> quarter till the hour. overhauling your health care may take longer than expected. yesterday senate majority leader harry reid was asked if his health care bill would pass this year. reid refused to give a time table. democrats say the congressional budget office blew either deadline for analyzing the bill's cost. the senate cannot vote until they're finished and the delay also may mean that reid is having trouble getting enough votes. >
now he says he's making a big bet on america's economic future. yesterday he made the biggest deal of his life when his berkshire hathaway bought the burlington northern santa fe railroad. the company is worth -- i think it was about a $40 billion deal and buffett says this is an all-in bet on the economic future of the u.s. basically he's saying i think the economy will do better and that means that the railroad will do better as they ship more stuff. so we shall see. >>> police say...